Artchitecture
Portfolio 2015
University of Melbourne
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Why architecture?
Architecture is more than just providing shelters for human beings. It is a connection between persons and their living environment and the context. Buildings are often what people see fit in the environment whether in terms of contrasting or integrating. My interest in Architecture was stimulated when I first saw the Neue Galerie Berlin by Mies Van der Rohe. The simplicity of the architecture, the richness in its spacial quality and flexibility had redefined the word ‘architecture’. Since then architecture could no longer be referred as merely ‘buildings’. It became passionate and joyful to design and to create spaces for different uses. Architects illustrate scenes they created in mind by building forms. They are able to guide, to stimulate and to manipulate the experience and journey in a building. Stories are being narrated by the walls, windows, staircase and even the void spaces. I hope I could be an architect that is able to leave good, and hopefully remarkable memories to the users of my future design.
My capabilities...
Boathouse
Studio: Water
Master of Architecture
In The Space Studio: Earth
VOID
Studio: Fire
Emerging
Studio: Fire
It has been a great experience to explore the discipline of Architecture through my bachelor courses in University of Melbourne. The study does not only involve art and creativity; but beyond that, we also learnt to integrate multi--discipline studies to work toward a more sustainable future through the designs. During the mean time of my Bachelor study, I have learn the fundamentals of architecture design mainly through study masters and precedents. It was great chance to test my abilities and limits
Current Student 2016 Internship at SAEC 2014
to manipulate the design methods and tools, like Rhinoceros, Vray, CAD, Skechup, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator and others. I found myself more familiar and confident with the software after studio studies. After my second year of study, I worked as an intern for Shanghai Architecture and Construction Company. The internship has been a huge learning curve for me. My main tasks were drafting, diagramming and analyzing, and it allowed me to use these skills for my own design in a more systematic way.
Applying Internship...
However, I never considered my Bachelor would be an end to my architecture study. I am looking forward to develop my own style and method of design in my future master study. In this case, I am taking Master course in University of Melbourne as a Part-time student. Architecture as a study could lead people to live sustainably with careful evaluated designs which involve a wide range of considerations. I am in confidence with my quick sketches, which will help to record any ideas or inspirations. It would be a good way to communicate with clients at meetings. Also, computation method is my strength especially with Rhino and Vray, which I believe will be futher improved during my course work and internship. In terms of presenting work and ideas, I prefer to illustrate my ideas in a way of telling stories which will be more attractive to the audience. Moreover, a series of logical developing diagrams will help with the clarity of the design process. In a nutshell, my abilities will perform in a desired outcome in the internship. I am familiar with each step in the design process. And diagraming and rendering appear to be the parts that I enjoyed most.
CONTEXT
The project is located at the riverbank of Studley Park. It mainly serves as a restaurant. In this project, I took inspiration from Mies Van der Rohe's projects. The two most influencing projects are Farnsworth House and Tugendhat House. It allows multiple accesses due to the change in coutour. The form of the building is decided by its functional plan. The walls are minimized to allow free flow in the area. Columns (I-shaped) are used to further emphasize on the open plan. Users are able to experience a change in different zones. Dinning area are close to land with a sense of firmness. However, the cafe and hiring space are more playful and got interacted with
water.
BOUTHOUSE 2014 Year 2 Design Studio: Water Bachelor of Environment
NIGHT VIEW
Floor plan
Form that is welcoming users from the river. Design interecting with both land and water. Form&Circulation
Structure A
PARTI
Restaurant Restaurant Cafe Cafe Kitchen Kitchen kiosk kiosk RR CC Toilet Toilet KK kk Office Office TT Workshop Workshop S OO W Storage W S Storage OO
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Ground
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K K kk Roof
East Elevation
SECTION A-A
IN THE SPACE Context
2014 Year 2 Design Studio: Earth Bachelor of Environment
Single Access
A space allows people to hide secret. A skechy form is created on the flat ground.
Muliple Accesses from Diffrent Levels
Grid Concrete Shelter
Allocating the form at indicated location will result in an undulating landform as the base of the space. The level diffrences allow people to access from both ends and to have contrasting persepctives.
Precast concrete that can be deliver to the site by boat.
Glass Enclosure
Geometry of the glass shelter is directly affected by the wind direction on the site. The tilting glass panels reflect light and allow penetration.
Glass Panel
Glass panels cut in size and delvered to site. Due to the land size and access time limitation of the site, elements of the design will be mostly produced off-site. After delivering, the panels will be sealed together on site in a short period of time.
Smooth Cover
Glass enclosure will lead to undesired thermal and accoustic insulation system. The grid shelter will enhance the performance while not disturbing the lighting. It also takes role as a 'protector' of the secret.
FORM
Raw Ground texture
The ground will be evened in the case of disabilit access. A stiff slope will connect the upper and lower ground.
Strucutre
The project is designed for Herring Isalnd in Richmond. The triangular shape and bush on the island create an interesting tour experience. This space is created for keeping and displaying time capsule. Users
Interior
hang their own bottles to the frame that has been covered by a layer of glass and mesh shelter. The undulating ceiling allows users to have alternating experience even walking in a relatively limited space.
Exterior
of sunlight. The The main target reflecting colour users of 'in the space' glass stirs a sense would be children or any people who of mysterious and playfulness. The interested in a very contour created diffrent experience an significant of keeping and height difference discovering time that could be used capsule. to create interior The mesh shelter allows natural landscape. People ventilation inside the are able to observe structure. The mesh the earth as the structure will allow structure maximum access cuts into the land.
Plan / Top view
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V O I D
ATRIUM/VOID SPACE
2015 Year 3 Design Studio: Fire Bachelor of Environment
FOLD TO CREATE VOLUME
STREET VIEW
In 30yrs time, a large number of high rises will be erected in west Melbourne. Skyscrapers increases the density of population and will create a relatively busy and stressed environment. At the corner of batman and spencer street. A ten storey business headquarter with a sense of calm and harmony sits on the context. My design of the hotel is aimed to be a place that people can get relaxed and have fun to explore and discover.
NARROW TO WIDE
CONCEPTS FORM
Functional spaces are designed to be large volume, a contrast atmosphere is created for the connections between spaces, People walk on the stairs and the transitting space, it would be dark and narrowed. Guests will not know what they would see when they turned that corner or when they open the door, spaces become joy to explore and discover. Rooms are designed in harmonious colour and similar materials, people will get a real sense of the architecture space of the volume, the light and the shadow. It's like the yoga philosophy, we are often told to close eyes and feel the
environment, and feel our breathe. Without the complexity in the materials and excessive decorations, it stirs a sense of calmness and allow people to feel the space rather than look. The large floor area of public space, mazzines and double volume spaces to bring a sense of openness and allow for free flow. Folding doors on the ground floor further emphasised this by open up the lobby to the street and create the permeable space and blend into the context. It allow the hotel to be a public space that invite pedestrians to walk in and take tour rather than being a closed and locked building. same technique implied in other areas as well.
Programme
FENESTRATIONS
BASEMENT FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
FOURTH FLOOR
PLAN 1 Lift Core 2 Car Park 3 Bistro 4 Baggage/ Storage 5 Hotel Office 6 Bin 7 Laundry Collection 8 Public Toilet 9 Car Lift 10 Reception/ Lobby 11 Kitchen 12 Restaurant 13 Event Hall 14 Seminar Suites 15 DSIG Secretraits 16 Caretaker's Residence 17 Public Balcony 18 Bedroom Suites
FIFTH FLOOR / typical bedroom
ROOF PAVILLION
The moving ceilings introduce a sense of vivacious and dynamic feeling, telling that this would not be a stereotype business building. Floor to ceiling windows are widely used in the public area to let in sufficient light. People are often more comfortable to dine and meet in bright and open space.
Lobby
The lightness decreases on the bedroom floor corridors. Guests may light some privacy as they enter they own rooms. As they enter the suites, they will see a corridor space in their own room. The blind is used as business guests may have meeting in their own room and they may want to keep some privacy. When they open up the blind it create a brighter and open space together with the windows. Experience is changing as the guests get to their room from ground floor, it
alternates between narrow and wide, bright and dark. Considering sunlight, Subtraction of the block form and the fins of the building create shadows and add features to the building image. People get street views from spencer and batman street. The building form and facade aim to be able to tell its function and experience. They would observe combination of timber and white concrete as the material of the building. Concrete is solid and vigorless, where as timber makes people feel light and vibrant.
Experience in the building like its facade which is contrasting and interacting. The facade cooperate with the internal layout. Lower floor with large openings are public area, as it goes taller it becomes more private. Blocks are splitting on its north facade, which introduce the location of the vertical transportationon the side. And horizontal movement on the floors are on the side of batman street. Where people can get some city views from the interior.
Seminar Rooms
Bedroom / Bathroom
Bedroom / Bathroom
Night View
Night View
Void
EMERGING 2015 Year 3 Design Studio: Air Bachelor of Environment
Digital model
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The project is located at Merri Creek.As the telecom tower was the largest structure on the site and brought many people’s attention, my designs aim to mimic the color and structure of the tower. Other than attracting people, they also create a continuous journey for users together. The built forms will represent the life of a group of 'telecom monsters' that emerge on the Merri Creek. The main structure would be a pavilion that is over hanged on the river. There are some rocks on the river that would help people to get onto the pavilion as the depth of water is less than 20cm at the selected site. During the flooding season, people may not be able
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to get to the pavilion. However, the hanging element will still be above water to attract people’s attention. Structure that used the same technique but in different forms and sizes are located at different places to attract pedestrian at the two main accesses. As there is a significant height difference in topography, structure also set to lead people to discover the main pavilion. The connection technique was taken from bamboo construction technique. Each beam is tied to each other as represented in the prototype. In the real construction, bended steel beams are used to form different voronoi unit. Each module will be tied to be connected. The string in the prototype model was not painted, because it is easier to showcase the connection by its original color. In real life case, the string will be sprayed with the same color as the steel. The flexible connections are capable of constructing temporary structure. It can be relocated an reconstructed to different forms at different site to allow more design possibilities. One of the design potential could be established during the flood season when it is
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Standing Structure
A prototype form derive fom the electric tower on the site. It is tall and gaint to attract atten.
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Deforming Structure
Representing the process of the form collapsing into voronoi units and ready to be rebuilt in other form.
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Exaggerating Structure
The form deformed and regrew/extended oto the creek surface. the front module exaggerates into a human size and creates a pavillion for users to walk in.
CURVE NUMBER BOX
COMPUTATION TECHNIQUE
The structure is mainly decided by the populated points. The points were determined by the input number and seed. The seed is set by the topography
of the land at where the structure will locate. As the structure get further away from the site, the number will be smaller. So
MESH POP3D
SEED
VORONOI
CULL SMALLER THAN X
WB FRAME
WB MIDPOINT
WB THICKEN
LEVEL WIDTH
DEPTH
that each voronoi element is larger o attract people.
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Division Structure
The modular cells divided into a new form. The old form derived from the ground onto the creek. The new structure will develop from the creek back to the ground to from a life cycle.
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Reformed Structure
The newly formed structure is a horizontal version of the prototype, however it is not any similar in the arrangement of the voronoi modules. It extened allow the cycle path to represent that each form has its own functions at its particular location. The reformed structure completes the life cycle ot these 'monsters' emerged at Merri Creek.
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ZIYI
To be continued